A leading Manchester law firm is building on its recent successes with the appointment of an experienced solicitor in the family team. Claire Higham, a family law specialist, joins Slater Heelis as an Assistant Solicitor and will advise clients on…
The Family Court can make a wide range of orders in respect of both income and capital when addressing the financial settlement following a divorce. Readers may be familiar with one of the income orders known as spousal maintenance. Spousal…
A – If you die without leaving a Will your Estate will pass following the “rules of intestacy”. These rules were first drawn up 1925 and are outdated and onerous and may mean that your Estate does not pass to…
A: You should consult your written lease to consider whether you have a break option. If you do and you can satisfy the conditions of this, then you may be able to obtain vacant possession of the property. Alternatively if…
A – Your Mum should be thinking about making a Lasting Power of Attorney (an LPA) to appoint people to manage her affairs should she be unable to manage her own affairs in the future. Just because there has been…
A: You are entitled to buy the freehold of your house if you satisfy the following criteria: The property must be held under a long tenancy (a term of more than 21 years) You must have held the lease for…
Monarch’s failure to consult on redundancies has resulted in the Unite union pursuing legal action on behalf of 1,858 Monarch staff. Where 100 or more redundancies are proposed, the minimum consultation period before dismissal is 45 days. In Monarch’s case…
A survey of 1,003 BME workers suggests more than a third of black or minority ethnic (BME) workers have been subject to racism at work with incidents over the last five years including bullying, abuse, or being singled out for…
A –Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA) are not exclusively for elderly people, although many people do not consider making one until they are beyond retirement age. There are two types of LPA Finance and Property and Health and Welfare. It…
As from today, revised rules will come into force in cases involving arrangements for children, including where a child lives and with whom he/she spends time (child arrangements orders). The new rules, made by the highest-ranking Family Court judge, Sir…
